๐จ EXCL: Bayern Munich exploring move to sign Rio Ngumoha. 17yo Liverpool winger primary #FCBayern target for left side & aware of pursuit. No contact yet between clubs. #LFC insist not for sale + plan to strengthen attack rather than weaken @TheAthleticFC https://t.co/mYbWdds6Ip
world cup agenda:
will actively root for:
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will actively root against:
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wonโt mind if they win:
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outsiders i like:
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๐ฅ | @DKingTelegraph: The last 12 months have drained Jeremie Frimpong.
The defender has never had muscle injuries before, but had three hamstring lay-offs and never got into any kind of rhythm.
He is adamant he will be better next season.
Andoni Iraolaโs message to Liverpool fans:
โI cannot ask them for a lot. I know how they are. I can only say that I want to become one more of you. I want to earn the right to be one of you, so we can enjoy all together.โ
Andoni Iraola:
โFootball, at the end, is about emotion. Emotion, and I understand itโs also a privilege, but also a big responsibility, because all those people want to be represented properly, and we are here for this. And I would love from my side, from the playersโ side, all those people to identify also with the football, identify with the values of the squad, and we are all-in for this!โ
Andoni Iraola:
โFootball, at the end, is about emotion. Emotion, and I understand itโs also a privilege, but also a big responsibility, because all those people want to be represented properly, and we are here for this. And I would love from my side, from the playersโ side, all those people to identify also with the football, identify with the values of the squad, and we are all-in for this!โ
๐จ Andoni Iraola on his style of play:
โI think I have an advantage that Iโve been here already three years in the Premier League, and people for sure have seen Bournemouth play. There are some things that obviously WE NEED TO CHANGE, coaching Liverpool, but I wouldnโt like to lose our identity: the intensity, the aggressiveness, the organisation. Certain things that I wouldnโt like always to have in my team. Obviously, you have to adapt to the players you have, and itโs not the same at one club or the other, but there are fundamentals that I also think match quite well what has been Liverpool during a lot of years, and I think we can make it work.โ
[๐ข๐] NEW: Wingers are a priority. Yan Diomande, who is valued by RB Leipzig at ยฃ112million, and Bradley Barcola, are among the names on a lengthy list - but there are issues in every position.
Midfield is certainly an area that needs attention with Liverpool willing to cash in on Curtis Jones. So far Inter Milan have lowballed their ยฃ30million valuation of the Englishman. Alexis Mac Allister is another player who could be moved on.
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Iraola in his first interview saying he's excited about senior players being at the World Cup because it means he gets a chance to work with the young players at the start of pre-season. I love him already.